After Manchester United's official announcement of Ashworth's appointment, the team has shown signs of multi-pronged efforts in the transfer market. Following formal negotiations with Bayern Munich over De Ligt's transfer, Manchester United have reaped breakthrough benefits in the attacking line.
According to Matteo Moretto, negotiations between AC Milan and Zirkze have frozen, and communication between the two sides has been interrupted so far. The commission issue has been dragging on for a month and the Milanese side is unwilling to give in to the agent's demands. The Dutch striker has always put AC Milan in the first place, but has recently started thinking about playing elsewhere. United are in talks with the players to assess whether to move forward with this action clearly and are open to funding.
In addition, Bologna director Sartori also spoke about Zirkze's transfer rumours in an interview with the media, saying: "Zirkze will leave 99.9% this summer. Italian Athletic Fabrizio Romano reported that Manchester United are in active talks with Zirkze's team to negotiate the terms of the contract, and the club's board is also discussing the deal, while Milan have not yet approved the payment of the commission demanded by Zirkze's agent.
Based on the above reports, we can basically congratulate Manchester United. The main teams competing for Zirkze are AC Milan and Manchester United, and Milan are willing to pay the player a €40 million release fee, but the agent has made a commission request. He wants to get the amount of the difference between the player's release fee and the valuation, which is about 15 million. This means that Zirkze's termination fee is much lower than the normal price, and his agent wants to get this part of the difference.
To be honest, such a request cannot be said to be unreasonable. There have been many examples of this before, such as Haaland's release fee of 60 million euros at Dort, which is far less than the player's value. Therefore, in addition to paying the termination fee, Manchester City also has to pay a huge signing fee and commission, and the total expenditure must exceed 100 million. The situation is similar for Zirkze today, with the player impressing at Bologna last season and rising to €50 million. Without a release clause, 40 million euros would certainly not have been able to convince Bologna to release him. Considering the premium factor, the transfer fee must be around 60 million.
Milan's reluctance to pay hefty commissions has put United in a leading position. Fabrizio Romano's reports suggest that United have already negotiated contract terms with Zirkze's agent and it is only a matter of time before an agreement is reached.
Zirkze is a well-rounded striker striker with a height of 1.93 meters and excellent physical confrontation ability. His technique at his feet and his passing and shooting ability are top-notch, which allows him to play an important role in the game. His flexibility allows him to function in centre-forward, midfielder and even midfield positions, as well as being able to move flexibly in multiple positions on the pitch. In order to get Zirkze, Manchester United manager Ten Hag also personally acted as a lobbyist. His addition will greatly enrich Ten Hag's forward line-up, allowing the team's existing strikers to form a healthy competition and improve the overall strength of the team.
Therefore, on the whole, Zirkze is likely to become the first signing of Manchester United's new management in the summer window, and then will continue to promote the addition of De Ligt and Ugarte, if these heavyweight goals can be put in place, Manchester United's new season is worth looking forward to!